2014
DOI: 10.3224/zff.v26i3.18989
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Is there a wrong time for a right decision? The impact of the timing of first births and the spacing of second births on women’s careers

Abstract: The issue of how to reconcile family and work is particularly relevant in the light of West Germany’s institutional and normative framework which has been facilitating mothers of young children to withdraw from the labor market for some years. Though the topic has already been subject to academic debate, the questions remain if and how women’s careers are influenced by the way women embed their prevalently two births into their employment biographies as well as if educational groups differ in these effects. So… Show more

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“…This is particularly true for log wages at age 45. The benefit of a long birth interval seen for highly educated women is consistent with findings from Karimi's (2014) recent research from Sweden, though in contrast to Brehm and Buchholz's (2014) results for western Germany. Highly educated women may be more likely to hold the types of jobs for which significant career benefits accrue by returning to the labor market between births, and spacing children farther apart allows these women to build their salaries for several years after the first birth before taking another temporary (or permanent) step away from the labor market.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
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“…This is particularly true for log wages at age 45. The benefit of a long birth interval seen for highly educated women is consistent with findings from Karimi's (2014) recent research from Sweden, though in contrast to Brehm and Buchholz's (2014) results for western Germany. Highly educated women may be more likely to hold the types of jobs for which significant career benefits accrue by returning to the labor market between births, and spacing children farther apart allows these women to build their salaries for several years after the first birth before taking another temporary (or permanent) step away from the labor market.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 79%
“…Furthermore, interspersing births with part-time employment was worse for women's careers than interrupting labor force participation completely. While not specifically focused on labor market earnings or labor force participation per se, Brehm and Buchholz's (2014) results contradict those of Karimi (2014) and suggest that the type of welfare state (in this case, a male breadwinner/female carer type) may have a substantial role to play in whether short or long spacing is better for women's long-run labor market outcomes.…”
Section: Human Capital Theorycontrasting
confidence: 54%
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“…Viele Frauen antizipieren die Problematik der Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf und insbesondere hoch qualifizierte, berufsorientierte Frauen schieben die Familiengründung auf oder verzichten gänzlich darauf. Ein Aufschieben der Erstgeburt ist einigen Studien zufolge durchaus positiv für den Karriereverlauf (Brehm und Buchholz 2014;Drolet 2002;Kind und Kleibrink 2012;Taniguchi 1999). Aber damit ist das Risiko verbunden, dass der Kinderwunsch irgendwann nicht mehr umsetzbar ist.…”
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